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Index of Subjects I witnessed a similar event with Bullfrog Tadpoles a few years ago at Mactaquac Provincial Park in NB. The ice had just receded from the pond and the pond bottom was littered with dozens of fresh looking but dead tadpoles. A query to NatureNB resulted in the same conclusions as for these goldfish. Ron Wilson Sometset NS Sent from my iPhone > On May 1, 2015, at 10:58 AM, "rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca" <rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: > > If the pond is that shallow, it might have frozen to the bottom or nearly > so and killed the gold fish in the winter. I would rule that out before looking > to other possible causes. Gold fish multiply very rapidly - > hence they are popular for stores. > The frozen gold fish would keep in cold storage but they will soon disappear. > Enjoy the spring > Paul > > > On May 1, 2015 at 9:38 AM "George E. Forsyth" <g4syth@nspes.ca> wrote: > > > > > > Hi Andrew, > > > > The pond is very shallow, if you really wanted to, you could walk > > across and keep your shoulders dry. The water enters through an > > underground pipe from a water body in a wet hollow above the skating > > pond. The water then flows out through a vertically placed pipe at the > > bottom end of the pond. The brook runs along about thirty feet beside > > the pond. > > > > See Google maps: 45.093621, -64.412400 > > > > I had noticed goldfish last summer and they must have been here for > > awhile as some of the dead fish are eight inches long. Other species > > were not noted, but I didn't really study them and there are literally > > hundreds. I have lived here for almost thirty years and have never > > seen this many dead fish, and hadn't noticed goldfish here. > > > > To be honest I wasn't too concerned that goldfish had been killed, as > > the pond doesn't seem to host peepers and toads any more. They > > probably have eaten most of the eggs and tadpoles. But the kingfishers > > and herons have been coming to the pond regularly the past few years. > > > > If they have been intentionally poisoned would other species be killed > > as well? > > > > I'll try to get some pictures. > > > > Yours truly, > > > > George Forsyth > > > > > > > > > > Quoting "Hebda, Andrew J" <Andrew.Hebda@novascotia.ca>: > > > > > Hi George > > > > > > If there was a lot of organic matter in the bottom of the pond, > > > could have caused a stripping of the oxygen as decomposition > > > progressed. Anyother species? > > > > > > As well, any idea how long the goldfish have been in that pond... > > > they are not native, so would have had to have been a > > > release/introduction. > > > > > > Andrew > > > > > > A Hebda > > > NSM Collections (Zoology) > > > ________________________________________ > > > From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] > > > on behalf of George E. Forsyth [g4syth@nspes.ca] > > > Sent: April-30-15 10:18 PM > > > To: naturens > > > Subject: [NatureNS] fish kill Port Williams skating pond > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > The other evening I was out for a walk and noticed hundreds of gold > > > fish floating on the edge of the Port Williams, Kings Co, skating pond > > > on Belcher St. I don't know if this is a result of accidental or > > > intentional poisoning, or were they killed by natural causes as a > > > result of the longer than usual ice and snow cover? There was a good > > > selection of small and large fish, I only noticed gold fish. It was > > > quite impressive how many there were! > > > > > > > > > George Forsyth > > > > > >
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